NWPM State Network Retreat

August 9-11, 2010
Central Michigan University
College of Education and Human Services

Purposes of Retreat:

• Disseminate site work through a working retreat to build site leadership
• Facilitate conversations between site leaders about site roles, responsibilities, and collaborations; mentoring new site leaders
• Contribute to the sites' core work (SI, PD, continuity, youth and community), including writing and sharing CFAs

Link for shared Google Doc for the Town Hall Wrap-up

Spaces:

Auditorium	131 Lab and 120 Conf Room		413 and 422 Seminar Rooms	227 Seminar Room

Monday, August 9

	Auditorium/Lobby	131 (Lab)	120 (Conf. Room)	227 (Seminar Room)	413 (Seminar Room)	422 (Seminar Room)
1:00	Informal Conversation with Christina Cantrill and Paul Oh, NWP Room 230, EHS
4:00 Opening Reception	Local Site Displays in Lobby Cornucopia Book Display	---	---	---	---	---
6:00 - 8:30 Opening Session	Welcome to CMU Dr. Kathryn Koch, Interim Dean, College of Education and Human Services Dr. Pamela S. Gates, Interim Dean, College of Humanities and Social and Behavioral Sciences Overview of Retreat - Troy Hicks, CRWP Update on Holocaust Educator Network - Corey Harbaugh, TCWP, and Amy Laitinen, UPWP NWP Guests - Christina Cantrill and Paul Oh MacArthur Digital Media and Learning Danielle DeVoss, MSU - Digital Is...	---	---	---	---	---

Tuesday, August 10

	Auditorium	131 (Lab)	120 (Conf. Room)	227 (Seminar Room)	413 (Seminar Room)	422 (Seminar Room)
8:00 Coffee	Lobby	---	---	---	---	---
8:30 - 10:00 Session I	Future Site Leaders Discussion Bev Matulis, SBWP Mary Cox, MBWP	Tech Liaisons Sara Beauchamp-Hicks, CRWP Elaine K, SBWP	Continuity Mark, Continuity Cross-site Linda Denstaedt and Monica Tienda, OWP Mitch Nobis, RCWP	Summer Institute Kathy Kurtze and Penny Lew Amber White, SBWP Jan Sabin, UPWP	Youth and Community Kim Pavlock, EMWP Renee Webster, RCWP	Professional Development Rita Maddox, CRWP Andrea Zellner, RCWP
10:30 - 12:00 Session II	Michigan Portfolio Project Dick Koch, OWP Troy Hicks, CRWP	Reflections on RCWP's 2009 WIDE PATHS Andrea Zellner, Aram Kabodian, and Chris Working, RCWP Kara Graci, UPWP	Holocaust Educators Amy L, Heather, UPWP and Corey, TCWP	Collaborative Response to Teaching Demonstrations Penny Lew and Kathy Kurtze, CRWP Amber White and Mike Somers, SBWP Jan Sabin, UPWP	Family Literacy Kim Pavlock, EMU	Reading Initiatives Laura Schiller and Steve Tighe, OWP
12:00 Lunch	Woldt Dorm	---	---	---	---	---
1:00 - 2:30 Session III	AWC (The NWP's writing rubric) Paula Deidrich and Marcia VanWolvelaere, UPWP Elementary MEAP Correlation	Digital Storytelling Heather and Amy L., UPWP Amber White, SBWP	Oral Histories Mary Cox, MBWP	Turning Your Teaching Demo into a Conference Proposal/Coaching the Teaching Demo Peter Shaheen, OWP Maureen Baker & Sonja Mack, CWP	Youth Programs/Camps Laura Amatula, MBWP	Book Talk -- Diane Ravitch's Death and Life of the Great American School and other recent books Bill Tucker
3:00 - 4:30 Session IV	Revising the NWPM/MDE Message Laura Schiller, OWP Troy Hicks, CRWP	Web Presence Sonja Mack and Lavon Jonson, CWP Amanda Cornwell, LMWP	Teacher Research/TIC Mary Cox, MBWP	Rural Sites Network Ellen Brinkley, TCWP Elaine Hunyadi, SBWP	Urban Sites Network Tony Tendero, LMWP Bill Tucker or EMWPTC	Developing PD Proposals Kari Schiedel, LMWP Kris Griffor, MBWP Rita Maddox, CRWP
5:30	Mini-Writing Marathon Kick-Off -- Meet here and head out for writing and dinner on your own.	---	---	---	---	---
8:00	Mini Writing-Marathon Read Around	---	---	---	---	---

Writing Marathon Pictures:


Seven writers in search of a dream
Drifted into DQ for ice cream
Under the spell of a wizard
Who brewed up a Blizzard
They composed in harmonious stream.

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Wednesday, August 11

	Auditorium	131 (Lab)	120 (Conf. Room)	227 (Seminar Room)	413 (Seminar Room)	422 (Seminar Room)
8:00 Coffee	Lobby	---	---	---	---	---
8:30 - 9:15	Introduction to CFA Reading Process Ellen Brinkley, TCWP Who is it that prepares the CFA at your site? Whose voices are included? Who reads the CFA at your site? What happens to your CFA after it is mailed to Berkeley? Who reads your letter that you get as a response from NWP after you submit your CFA? Resources Western Mass WP Monograph Rhode Island WP Monograph Inside the NWP Book Reach Out and Write	---	---	---	---	---
9:30 - 10:30	Cross-site CFA Discussion and Response SBWP: Facilitator, Mark Smith, UPWP TCWP CFA: Facilitator, Troy Hicks, CRWP	---	Cross-site CFA Discussion and Response CRWP: Facilitator, Lindsay Ellis, LMWP	Cross-site CFA Discussion and Response UPWP: Facilitator, Bill Tucker, EMWP	Cross-site CFA Discussion and Response EMWP: Facilitator,Laura Schiller, OWP	Cross-site CFA Discussion and Response OWP: Facilitator, Ellen Brinkley, TCWP
10:45 - 12:00 Closing Session	EMWP Conference Announcement - Bill Tucker Town Hall Meeting - NWPM in an Era of RTTT NWPM 2010 Retreat Evaluation	---	---	---	---	---